Language name rebuses: hard mode
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? Nortaneous ? ?????
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? Matrix Chronicler of the Myriad
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*sees ascii penis on almost-texan flag*

not sure if srs
? Nortaneous ? ?????
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quoting Matrix:
*sees ascii penis on almost-texan flag*

not sure if srs

It is a useful clue, but it's especially obscure and probably not necessary to the solution.

There are a lot of clues like that.

edit: Rhetorica got one right on IRC
00:40 <@Rhetorica> Nort, I am convinced that #5 is Nessari.
[29 minutes later]
01:09 <@Rhetorica> Nort, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nias_language ?
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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7. Georgian (Don't know what the ׃ clue is for, but the rest fits; "Prince George plus an n, minus half the king's crown")
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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6. ŋ + [guano mining, cliffs, shark bay] - [sexting, phone...]... n'ko?
? Nortaneous ? ?????
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7 right, 6 wrong

the x ƒ clue goes from George to Georgia, which has 159 counties. either one of those works, which is why they're stacked
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eh, answers. no one's even gotten the last two, which I figured would be fairly easy. y'all did get close to 4 on IRC.

1. Tibetan
2. Cree
3. Russian
4. Dzongkha (no idea if anyone's heard of it but it is the national language of Bhutan...)
6. Enggano
8. Quechua
9. Sardinian
10. Tangut
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